Stripped of his position as a chief administrator in the Ministry of Meat and Dairy. this national authority in the fields of breeding and meat processing must support himself now by working part time as a film developer. For 6 years. Soviet officals have repeatedly denied his requests to emigrate on the grounds of "state secrets." Blitshtein purportedly knows "too much about the time for storage of canned meats." Other Soviet authorities recently removed his telephone from his apartment in an effort to isolate him further fromhis family and friends. Blitshtein. who has always comforted and uplifted the spirits of refuseniks. has become increasingly saddened by the prolonged separation from his loved ones. I know that he could not celebrate his 25th wedding anniversary last August with his wife or participate in the wedding 2 years ago of his two children.
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